.jpg){kind=logo}
Furcotanilla
| Furcotanilla | |
|---|---|
| |
| Protanilla furcomandibula | |
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Protanilla) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptanillinae |
| Tribe: | Leptanillini |
| Genus: | Furcotanilla Xu, Z., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Protanilla furcomandibula | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Protanilla.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- FURCOTANILLA [junior synonym of Protanilla]
- Furcotanilla Xu, 2012c: 481. Type-species: Protanilla furcomandibula Xu & Zhang, 2002: 140, by original designation.
- Furcotanilla in Leptanillinae, Anomalomyrmini: Xu, 2012c: 482.
- Furcotanilla junior synonym of Protanilla: Hsu, et al. 2017: 119; Griebenow, 2024: 117.
References
- Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).
- Hsu, P.-W., Hsu, F.-C., Hsiao, Y. & Lin, C.-C. 2017. Taxonomic notes on the genus Protanilla from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4268, 117-130 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.7).
- Xu, Z.-H. 2012. Furcotanilla, a new genus of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae from China with descriptions of two new species of Protanilla and P. rafflesi Taylor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59:477-491.